Mike Walker

In business today, we can’t afford not to understand our own information. From the monetization of it through the information driven economy, new and powerful insight that are gleaned through Big Data to the ability to advance an organizations own capabilities through an effective information architecture. It’s no wonder why advanced analytics is a top business […]

You’re probably thinking, “wow that is a bold statement”, and you would be right in thinking so. However, it doesn’t make it any less true. Over the past few months I’ve been working with Gartner IoT experts and listening and observing customers around the world in their usage of IoT technologies. One thing is clear, […]

IT Leaders Must Leverage EA to Understand the Value and Impacts Please join me at an in Minneapolis for this in person Gartner Local Briefing. The good news is that whether or not you are a Gartner client, a Local Briefing is the perfect venue for gaining the understanding you need efficiently and without […]

This week I released some more research on enterprise architecture. But this time it’s a bit different than what you usually see. For this research I wanted to focus on how EA helps enable impactful initiatives. So to kick that off I chose to publish best practices on Big Data. See the link below: Best […]

In my opinion, the importance of Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) cannot be overemphasized. We are in an information driven world, full stop. This becomes even more clear as we look into the future of technology. As you can see from the Gartner 2014 strategic technologies list (http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2603623), many if not most are all predicated on […]

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Welcome to my new Gartner Blog! It’s me, the Enterprise Architect formally know as “Mike The Architect” (a.k.a. Mike Walker) is back on the blogging scene. While I will not be blogging on Mike The Architect any longer you can find my latest travels here. I feel like I must be honest with you though. […]

You might of saw the announcement I made that I just joined Gartner. You might be thinking what this means for my blog, right? Well… there will be some changes but I think ultimately they will be good ones. Just…

I’ve got some very exciting news to share with all of you. I have accepted the position of Research Director within the Enterprise Architecture practice at Gartner! As many of you know that read my blog I often comment on…

Check out this new whitepaper from the Open Group in the area of Business Architecture. What are your thoughts on the latest edition in their World-Class EA Series? Does it get The Open Group or TOGAF closer and deeper into…

Space Limited — Register Now! With the popularity and as we come closer to the event on March 20th seats become more limited. To be sure you have a spot in the audience to listen to luminaries like John Zachman…